Home›Abjads›Number of Characters›23Browse By23FactsNumber of CharactersSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra Of EmergenceWell-attested1840 BCE 1Number of Characters22Number of Characters2 entries23Number of Characters1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: AlphabetWikimedia FoundationHistory, Alphabets related to Phoenician, Ancient Near Eastern alphabets (Proto-Sinaitic, the Phoenician abjad's own ancestor)Quote, History, Alphabets related to Phoenician, Ancient Near Eastern alphabets (Proto-Sinaitic, the Phoenician abjad's own ancestor)In the Middle Bronze Age, an apparently alphabetic system known as the Proto-Sinaitic script appeared in Egyptian turquoise mines in the Sinai Peninsula c. 1840 BC, apparently left by Canaanite workers.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.